Minor - African American Studies
Course Requirements
The minor in African American studies consists of 18 semester hours,
including AAS 201 and 202, 6 credit hours from a list of African and
African American history courses, and 6 credit hours from a list of
African and African American political and social institutions courses
and culture courses.
| African American Introductory Survey (6 hours) |
| AAS 201. African American Experience I |
| AAS 202. African American Experience II |
| African and African American History Courses (6 hours) |
| AAS 170/His 170. Introduction to African History |
| AAS 310. Experiences of Black Mississippians |
| AAS 322/His 322/G St 322. Race, Gender, and Science in Early America |
| AAS 325/His 307. African American History to 1865 |
| AAS 326/His 308. African American History Since 1865 |
| AAS 350. Topics in African American History |
| AAS 362/G St 362/His 339. African American Women’s History |
| AAS 392/His 387. Modern Africa |
| AAS 423/G St 423/His 324. Black Women’s Enterprise & Activism |
| AAS 437/His 326. The Atlantic Slave Trade and Africa |
| AAS 438/His 327. The Rise and Fall of American Slavery |
| AAS 440/His 328. History of African Americans in Sports |
| AAS 442. The New Negro Era |
| AAS 443/His 329. The Civil Rights Era |
| AAS 501. African American Studies Seminar |
| AAS 509. Historiography of African American Hist |
| His 460. Undergrad Research: African History |
| African and African American Pol & Soc Institutions, Culture (6 hours) |
| AAS 302. Judicial System & African Amer Community |
| AAS 308/Pol 307. Const Law II: Civil Lib & Civil Rights |
| AAS 315/Pol 323. Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| AAS 316/Anth 315. The African Diaspora |
| AAS 320/Pol 320. African American Politics |
| AAS 328/G St 328/Soc 328. African American Feminist Thought |
| AAS 334/S St 334/Anth 334/Soc 334. Intro to Field Work Techniques |
| AAS 337/Anth 337. Anthropology of Blues Culture |
| AAS 341/Engl 322. African American Lit Survey to 1920 |
| AAS 342/Engl 323. African American Lit Survey Since 1920 |
| AAS 343/Engl 343. African American Science Fiction Lit |
| AAS 351. Topics in AAS Pol & Social Institutions |
| AAS 352. Topics in AAS Culture |
| AAS 360. Topics in African Amer. Studies Abroad |
| AAS 371/Engl 371. African Literature |
| AAS 373/Engl 373. Caribbean Literature |
| AAS 386/AH 386. African and African American Arts |
| AAS 395/AH 369. Survey of Black American Art |
| AAS 412. Studies of Black Popular Culture |
| AAS 413/Soc 413. Race and Ethnicity |
| AAS 414/Soc 414/S St 314. Race, Place, and Space |
| AAS 420/Engl 465. Major African American Writers |
| AAS 421. Readings in U.S. Black Feminism |
| AAS 422/Engl 422. Prison & the Literary Imagination |
| AAS 441/Engl 441. Comparative Black Literatures |
| AAS 504. Research in African American Studies |
| AAS 517/Mus 517. African American Musical Tradition |
| AAS 518/Mus 518. History of Jazz |
| AAS 593. African American Literature |
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